He did not forget that savage clutch at his throat; and he never would.

Stephen's senses were all alert.

She saw an opportunity of learning something, and went on with the same cold voice: 'And I suppose it was that pleasing confidence which was the cause of your refusal of my offer of marriage; of which circumstance you have so thoughtfully and so courteously reminded me.' This, somehow, seemed of good import to Leonard.

If he could show her that his intention to marry her was antecedent to Harold's confidence, she might still go back to her old affection for him.

He could not believe that it did not still exist; his experience of other women showed him that their love outlived their anger, whether the same had been hot or cold.
'It had nothing in the world to do with it.